07/02/2016 // By Katelyn UmholtzInstagram announced a milestone last week that the photo-sharing app has more than half a billion users, with 300 million of them posting to their accounts everyday.A new account is the NPPA Instagram page, which was started last...

07/02/2016 // By Katelyn UmholtzEric Seals, a photo and video journalist at Detroit Free Press and NPPA member, won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow award on June 21 for his video about the shipwreck of Hydrus, a boat that sank in Lake Huron during the Great...

06/29/2016 // By Tom BurtonAs a professor at the University of Florida, Fred Parrish was adamant about what he expected from his photojournalism students: they had to take great care in their craft, write exceptional and accurate captions, be ethical, and tell...

06/24/2016 // ATHENS, GA (June 27, 2016) – The board of directors of the National Press Photographers Association will hold its summer board meeting by videoconference on Sunday, August 14, 2016.NPPA members seeking changes to the organization's bylaws, policies...

06/22/2016 // By Tom BurtonThe Federal Aviation Administration has finalized new rules for the operation of drones that will open business opportunities, including aerial photography for news organizations. The FAA rules that take effect in August do not directly...

06/20/2016 // By Tom Burton It was about 4 a.m. when his phone rang. For some reason, freelance photographer Phelan Ebenhack was already awake. On the line was Associated Press staff photographer John Raoux calling to say there had been a shooting at a nightclub...

06/17/2016 // By Adrienne AndrewsAthens, GA (June 17, 2016) – When Southeast Storytelling Workshop co-directors Matthew Pearl and John Kirtley set out in early 2016 to sate the southeast region’s hunger for a local television journalism workshop, they had no idea...

06/17/2016 // By Adrienne AndrewsAthens, GA (June 17, 2016) – There are 14 NPPA student chapters dotted across the country, and there are room for more. Whether the goal is to cultivate a larger visual journalism community on campus, educate students about...

06/14/2016 // ATHENS, GA (June 14, 2016) – The National Press Photographers Association today released this following statement:"The National Press Photographers Association stands with the Washington Post and numerous other news outlets that the Trump campaign...
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